ulrichburke OK, before I get laughed outta court having read the other reviews here - here's what this thing's main problem is - background/foreground interaction. Whoever did the backgrounds, INCLUDING the water, REALLY knew that animation package - they were superb. The problem IS - he should have been given control of ALL the animation including the foregrounds, the creatures were a leetle ropey. Their perspective was dodgy front-end on and you DID glimpse the waves THROUGH the baddie's mouth sometimes. And the mouth movements didn't quite keep up with the words but don't forget the English version's a redub. (That's not budget - they had the software - that's just sloppiness in using it.) So for sure it had techie issues. BUT.... I loved its song (honest!) I think there was room for a Group Sing at the end too. I loved its message - was at a low point when I watched it and the 'Follow Your Dream' message sure gave me a much-needed kick in the pants! Its audience was little kids and it wasn't QUITE engaging enough - again true - but techie issues aside I loved all the characters. I wish Daniel had kept his g/f, I'd've loved to see them surf that wave together even if they did part afterwards. But it's well worth its 6/10 for the guy who did the backgrounds. I felt every bit of heart he put into them, kudos to him, I hope he gets much more work outta it. I felt a lot - not all - of people put a lot of work/heart into that thing, if the WHOLE team had done - money men included - it would've been a winner. Remember the message. Remember the lovely water and gorgeous backgrounds. And it should've been called DANIEL - Story of a Dreamer (The Dolphin's too generic.) Missed opportunity - if you're being harsh, yes. I prefer to call it a slightly flawed pearl. But it's NOT the waste of space others are calling it, go along with it for the ride and you'll come out on the crest of Daniel's wave.Chris.

Fernando Benhumea I can't hold watching this rubbish more than 10 minutes, it is very awful, just see the animation, it seems to be made by a 15 years old person who recently learned how to use the 3d software, even my university third grade mates could make a better 3d film. This has to be thrown into the depths of the earth that can never be seen by anyone else. Really thanks god that i was alone when i saw this, and no children around me, if not, they would cry just to see the awful characters, the awful render, and the very awful dialogues. I preferred not finish watching, please never watch this. I usually do not write reviews but this deserves a very bad review because it is a very bad movie.

Terastas I won't lie: This movie is flawed. Big time. The characters are mostly personality-deprived, the writing is terrible, and the plot has a tendency to rush through things with deus ex machina then stretch things out with pointless dribble.But for all of its faults, I can't hate this movie. . . Much.The most maddening thing about it, in fact, is that it has its moments of brilliance. The animation is anything but lazy, especially during above-water sequences (the water movements is pretty convincing). The soundtrack (with exception of the "Fly Daniel Dolphin" song) is nicely assembled, and the villain is a thing of brilliance (up until the big reveal at the end, at least).The impression I'm given is that this movie was a labor of love for some people -- that some people REALLY wanted this movie to be good, but that a couple of other people just got high and winged it at the last second. I'm left with the impression that it's more an example of wasted potential and less one of how low the entertainment industry can go.Again, it's not a good movie, but for an animation buff, there is enough in here to make it worth a rental at least.

Davi Zwi I sadly, watched the whole movie and I'm still thinking what sort of 3D graphics program they used, so I will never, NEVER, download it. Hottibly done, horrible story, horrible characters. The idea of the movie would be good if it was not so naive. Children will not leave the movie with a "Dream chaser sindrom". They will just eat another popcorn and play a video game. Therefore, I am telling you don't take this DVD home to watch with your kids, because it does not worth it. A poor quality movie in all kinds you can imagine. I still don't know how people find the story good for children if there is lots of movies with the same screenplay that will actually make the children fight for what they believe.